Explanations for the Improvement in Functioning of Current Cohorts of Older

question 28

Multiple Choice

Explanations for the improvement in functioning of current cohorts of older persons include ______.

• A) increases in the educational levels of newer cohorts of elders
• B) decreases in the frequency of obesity
• C) improvements in medical interventions
• D) all of these
• E) both a and c

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